Thomas lloyd



N0. 75%;151. PATENTED FEB. 23, 1904. T. LLOYD. ROCKET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9. 1903.

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SBECHIGATION forming part of Lettrsdatent No. 7153,151, dat d February$53.; 1904; Application filed November 9, lie. 180,425. (No moduli) l ii To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Tnomns LLOYD, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of, NewYork,have invented new and useful Improvements in Rockets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to rockets, more particularly rockets embodyingmeans for sup porting their bodies in an upright position precedent tofiring thereof; and it consists in the novel-and advantageous rocketheroine? ter described, and particularly pointed out in the claimsappended.

In the} accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,Figure 1 is an elevation, partly broken away, of my novel rocket as itappears when stood up ready to be fired; Fig. 2, an elevation, partly insection, illustrating the rocket prepared for storageor shipment; Fig.3, a detail View illustrative of the manner in which the legs of therocket are connected to the body thereof, the body being shown by dottedlines; Fig. 4:, a view, partly in elevation and partly in section,illustrating a modified way of connecting legs to the rocket-body; andFig. 5 a view or the blank employed in the latter construction.

Referring by letter to 'the said drawings,

and more particularly Figs. 1 to 3 thereof, A is a rocket-body, whichmaybe and preferably is of the ordinary well-known form andconstruction, and B B are legs of which there are'preferably three, asillustrated. The said legs are of wood or othermaterial suitable to thepurpose and have their upper ends bev eled at their inner sides, asindicated by a,

for a purpose which willpresently be pointed out. C G are spring-strips,preferably of sheet metal, connected to thebody A and having portions 6,which extendvbelowthe body and tend to spring outwardly, so as tonormally rest in the position shown in Fig. 1. I prefer to connect thespring-strips to the body by wire bands 0, surrounding the upperportions of the strips; but other means may obviously be used for thepurpose without in volving a departure from the scope of my invention.The legs B are fixedly connected below their beveled ends a thedepending, portions '6 of the spring-strips 'C,"ahd. conse'- quentl'ywhen the legs are free the strips serve:

to hold them in thepesition shown inFi'gg 1-'e'.. 6., with their lowerends apart andjtheir. beveled upper ends a bearing against the side ofthe body A. In such position the legs B obviously constitute a stablesupport for the body A and this notwithstanding the fact that they aremade very light in order to adapt thegi to iiy with the. body when thelatter ,is m

When it is desired to adapt the. rocketltobe conveniently carried in thehand or packedfor storage or shipmeut.,' the legs B are"broughttogether, as shown in Fig. and securedi'n' such position by a band d ofpasteboard or other suitable material removably placed thereon.

in the modified construction shown in Figs. at and 5 a blank (3' ofsheet metal is employed in lieu of spring-strips to connect legs B to arocketbody A. The said blank comprises a body 6, which is bent aroundthe lower portion of the rocketbody and secured thereon by wire bands 0and strips 6', depending from the lower edge of the body 6. These strips6' serve for the connection of the legs B below fore, materiallyincrease the cost of making the rocket; also that, notwithstanding theircheapness, the improvements are reliable in operationthat is to say, maybe depended on to properly support the rocket-body precedent to flightof the rocket. V

1 have entered into a detailed description of the construction andrelative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and preferredembodiments of my invention in order to impart a toll, clear, and exactunderstandclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. In a rocket, the combination of a body, legs for supporting :the bodygrouped about the same,and having beveled upper ends adapts ed when thelegs are spread to bring up against the body and serve'as stops to limitthe spread- 5 ing of the legs, and flexible'strips secured on the bodyand fixed to the inner sides of the legs below the beveled ends thereof.

2. In a rocket, the combination of a body, and outwardly spring-pressedlegs for supporting the body, connected with the same.

3. In a rocket, the combination of a body, legs for supporting the body,and spring-strips secured on the body and fixed to the legs, and tendingto hold the legs in an open or spreadposition.

'4. In a rocket, the combination of a body, and outwardly spring-pressedlegs for supporting thebody, connected with the body, and

having beveled upper ends grouped about same,

5. In a rocket, the combination. of body, legs for supporting the body,imving beveled I ends grouped about the same, and spring-strips securedon the'body l-lXQLl to the legs, be low the beveled ends thereof,tending to hold the legs in an open or spread position.

6. In a rocket, the combination of a body,

legs for supporting the body, having beveled ends grouped about thesame, spring-strips having upper portions about the body, and normallyoutwardiy-etztendin g portions fixed to the legs, and one or more bandssurrounding the upper portions of the springstrips and the body.

7. The combination, in a rocket, of abody,

outWardly-spring-pressed legs for supporting the body, connected withthe same, and chance removably placed on the legs, and adapted to holdthem together.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto satiny hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

THOMAE LLGYD.

Witnesses Geo. H. DE Lnon, RUTHERFORD S. FowLER.

